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PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OFAPACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA.(From third page)DISTRIBUTION OP ABOVE RECEIPTSGeneral Fund 3388.07Road Fund 1759.83General School Fund 13417.933,275.001,800 '18,638Totals 18,565.83 23,713UNEXPENDED BALANCES OR DEFICITS IN ALL FUNDSPer Treasurers records (deficits. are starred ()July 1, 1916.General Fund $.21,633.84Road Fund.General County Bond:8, 19o.7o5,089.115,513.13317.975,296.33667.69Interest.RedemptionGeneral School FundDistrict School FundsBonded school district funds:. Interest and Redemption.Totals 46,o77.83' SUMMARY ' EXPENDITURESGeneral Fund 46, o58. 6oRoad Fund -., lo,ooo.ooGeneral County Bond : 15,723.6oGeneral School Fun d 37, 008. 95Excess com'n school maintenance raisedby special levy in certain districts...".. 795.55School district bonds raised by speciallevies in bonded districts 1 59o.71July 1, 1917$ 18.o39.5512,25o 935,843.278,579.752,206.555,478.73415.3241,856.6444,oo6.ooll,ooo.oo18,875.oo4o,612.oolo,25o.oo2,o5o.ooTotal Expenditures llo,177.41 126, 733. 00SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS FROM" ALL SOURCES OTHERTHAN DIRECT TAXATION88.o71759.83'13417.93dzfO.QOI800.0018638.ooGeneral Fund. .':Road FundGeneral School Fund .'Total receipts from all other sources 18565.83 ' 23713. 00SUMMARY OF AM'TS TO BE RAISED BY DIRECT TAXTAION' - actual amounts ex- proposed leviespended for past fiscal year.GenerafFund. : : $ 4267o':53Road Fund .' 824o.l7General County Fund.., m 15723.6oExcess common school funds mainten- s ,tance raised by special levies in certain districts ,School dist. bonds raised by speciallevies in bonded school districts.Total to be raised by direct taxation 91,611.58'? , TEN PER CENT LIMIT CHECKI.795.5559o 71"for presentyear.4o731.oo92oo.oo18875.00lo25o.oo2o5o.ooIo3o8o.oo(applies on General Fund & Road Fund only)actual for pastfiscal year$ 42,67o.533, 388.o78, 24o.l71,759.83estimatedpresent yr.4o.731. 003,275.oo9,2oo.ool,8oo.oo. General Fund:. . Raised by direct taxationreceipts, other sources...-Road Fund: Raised by direct taxation... ,Receipts from other sourcesTotals .56,o58.6o '55, 006. 00ADD: 10 excess allowed by law . 5,6o5.86Maximum Limit, which must not be ex-. . . xceeded by the proposed levies and estimated receipts from other sources forthe present fiscal year for the GeneralFund and the Road Fund $'61,624:46Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Apachecounty will meet at their office in St. Johns on Monday, Augustthe 20th, 1917, at ten o'clock a.m. for the purpose of fixing taxlevies as set forth in the foregoing estimates.Notice is further given that the Board of Supervisors will hold apublic hearing at their office in St. Johns on Monday, August 13,1917, when and where any taxpayer will be heard for or againstany proposed levies as above set forth.There being no further Business the Board stood adjourned.Attest LeviS. Udall Clerk HeberJarvis chairman.Minutes of the Board of Equalization, Apache Co., Ariz.(continued from page three. )proposed increase in the assessment of Coleman and Knight from3oo range cattle $78oo to 45o rge.cattle $117oo; it was ordered thatthe assessment be placed at 375"range cattle $975o.Recess was taken until 1:30 p.m.Ed Bargman appeared on theproposed added assessment of 2oosteers $7ooo, to Bennett & Bargman, it was ordered by the boardthat this raise stand as proposed,.but after an explanation fromMr. Bargman it was ordered thatthe assessment of 800 range cattle $2o, 800 be reduced to 65o rgecattle $16.9oo.The added assessment of 1 automobile $looo to A. B. Candelariawas ordered cancelled, upon Mr.Candelaria proving that the carwas assessed to his father, RosaMartinez had recently sold hissheep and proved to the boardthat he had but the 26oo head atthe time he was assessed.R. B. Martinez appeared beforethe board in the matter of theproposed increase in his sheep andbuck assessment, after an explanation from Mr. Martinez the proposed increase in his buck assessment was ordered cancelled. Theproposed raise on sheep from J2oohpad $48oo to I600 head $64oo wasordered placed at 15oo head ofsheep $6000.W. F. Purcell appeared beforethe board in the matter of theproposed increases in the sheepassessments of himself and Geo.Babbitt from 4ooo head $16, 000 to5ooo head $2o,ooo, upon information from Mr. Purcell it was ordered by the board that the assessment be placed at 45oo headfor each of them at a valuation ofing her total assessment $165owhich would bring here assessment under the widows exemptionThe proposed increase on thevaluation of the railroad landowned by E I Whiting was ordered placed as follows:lio Candelaria. The proposed! $18, 000.raises on sheep and bucks to Mr. The proposed raise of PeterCandelaria was ordered cancelled j Ramos from 27oo head of sheepas it appeared to the board that! $10, 800 to 4ooo head $16, 000 washe did not have the sheen thev. ordered placed by the board at37oo head of sheep $14, 800proposed to assess him with .The proposed raise in the sheepassessment of Evaristo Martinez of the bandsirom zzoo neaa $aoo to aooo head$12,ooo was ordered placed at26oo head $lo,4oo; and the raiseon bucks was ordered placed onthe roll at 5o bucks $35o, as Mr.Mr.Ramos gave them the actual countThe proposed added assessmentof 75 head of range cattle to MrsAmelia Coleman was ordered reduced to 50 head $13oo thus mak-Assr's ProposedSec. T. R. Acres valuat'n: raise placed at15 12 28 640 $428 $800 $64023 12 640 48027 12 " " " 640 480The board of equalization stoodat recess until .tomorrow morningJuly 3rd at 9 a, m.Heber Jarvis, Chairman,Attest: Levi S. Udall, Clerk.St Johns, Ariz., July 3, 1917The Board of Equalization reconvened at 9 a. m., there beingpresent all members, Assessorand clerk.The proposed 20 raise on thestock of Mdse of Luiz Chavez wasordered cancelled entirely, as itappears to the board that theraise would be unjust.Upon motion of Member W. A.Saunders the proposed increase of5o range cattle to the assessmentof L D Divelbess was unanimously ordered cancelled .Sol Barth appeared before theboard in the matter of the increase of his Mdse assessmentand the addition of one automobile; it was ordered by the boardthat his Mdse raise of 20 enjoythe reduction to 10 increase onthe valuation as returned by theassessor. Thesffctomobile assessment was ordered to stand.H. J. Piatt protested to theboard upon the proposed valuationto be placed upon 2 sections ofrailroad land owned by him, aftera consideration or the matter theboard ordered that the valuationbe placed as follows: Sections 25& 35 assessed by the assessor at40c. per acre valuation $256 persection, proposed raise $l.oo peracre making a valuation of $64oper section be placed at 75c peracre, making a valuation of $48o,The proposed added assessmentof 6o acres of land in Sec 8 T 13R 28 to W. H. Gibbons was ordered placed as follows, upon instruction and information tromW. H. Gibbons; 4o acres was assessed to Fred T Colter and 2oacres to J 0 Gibbons.Vicente Gallegos assessment onrange cattle which the board proposed to raise from 18 head $468to 45 head $117o was orderedplaced at 25 range cattle $65o; theproposed raise on one bull was ordered cancelled.Monico Garcia protested to theboard upon the proposed increaseof bulls from 2 head $loo to 6 bulls$3oo, claiming that he did nothave them. Acting upon this information the board ordered theraise cancelled.Frank Gallegos appeared beforethe board and objected to the proposed increase in his cattle assessment from 3o range cattle$78o to55 head $143o, the board finallyordered the raise to be placed at4o head of cattle $84o.The proposed raise of 125 headof bucks to A & B Schuster Co.was ordered concelled upon theCompany giving information thatthey did not own more than thenumber returned to the assessor.Upon motion the Board stoodadjourned until July 5th.HeberJarvis, Chairman,Attest: Levi S. Udall, Clerk.St. Johns, Ariz.. July 5, 1917The Board of Equalization reconvened at 9 a. m., there beingpresent all members, assessor andclerk.W. W. Berry appeared beforethe board and protested to theproposed increase in his cattle assessment from 3oo head $78oo to45o range cattle $ll,7ob, takingMr. Berry's steer sales as a basisthe board finally ordered that theproposed increase in his assessment be placed at an assessmentof 39ohead $10,14o.The proposed added assessmenton the Whiteriver Land & CattleCo. of 8oooheadof sheep $32, ooo,160 bucks $8oo and 25 burros $125was ordered cancelled as it appears this would be a duplicate assessment, the same sheep etc.,being assessed to E H Duffield.M P Peterson appeared beforethe board in the matter of theproposed increases in his assessment as returned by the assessor.His cattle assessment was ordered reduced from 15o head, as raised by the assessor without notifying Mr Peterson, 115 head $299o.The sheep assessment of 25oo head$lo,ooo was' ordered placed at28oo head $ll,2oo instead of 35oohead $14, ooo as proposed in theraise. The added assessment of7o bucks $350 was ordered placedat 30 head $15o.John T. Patterson protested onthe proposed raise of furniturefrom $2o as returned? by him to$3oo, after considering the matterthe board ordered the valuationplaced at $2oo.Acting upon' information furnished by other parties the boardof supervisors oi dered the proposed raise, on the range cattle ofJohn Eagar placed at 7o head$182o instead of So head $ 2o8o aspreviously proposed.Mr. Cochran foreman of theCrpss Bar Land & Cattle Co. appeared before the board and protested to the proposed raise onther range cattle from 15oo head$39,ooo as returned to the assessor to 25oo head $65, ooo; upon thefurnishing of steer' sales and other proof the board ordered thatthe raise be reduced to make anassessment of 2ooo head $52,000.H G. Boice foreman of the"Boice, Gates & Johnson CattleCo.'5-appeared before the Boardand protested to the added assessment of range cattle to them asoutlined at the June meeting,which would make an assessmentfor the years 1917, 1916 & 1915.Mr. Boice stated that the taxes onall their range cattle had beenpaid in Gila & Graham countiesfor the years 1915-16 and consequently he did not think it wouldbe fair to make them virtuallypay a double assessment for thoseyears, although he admitted thatfrom the information he now hadas to the portion of their rangelymg in Apache county that wewere entitled to our proposedraises. It wcls ordered by theboard that the proposed assessments for the years 1915-16 becancelled and the matter be referred to the State Tax Commis- jsion for adjustment between thecounties involved. The assessment for the year 1917 was ordered placed at 582 range cattle $15,132 and 18 bulls $9oo.The proposed added assessmentof the David Croxton entry inSections 4 T. 7 R. 30. So acres, &in Sec. 33 T. 8 R. 30 E., 8o acres,to J. S. Reagan was ordered cancelled and the land was orderedassessed to the A & B SchusterCo as it belongs to them.The proposed added assessmentof $29,ooo, Capital Stock, Surplusand Fixtures for 8 months of theyear 1917 to1 the Stockmens StateBank was ordered reduced to $28,000; the board considering this afair and equitable assessment.The proposed raise on the portions of Lot 4 Block 54 assessedand' owned by Fred W. Nelsonwas ordered cancelled, upon Mr.Nelson showing from the assess-ment ron tnat nis property wasalready assessed on a par with thesurrounding lots.Joy B. Patterson protested tothe propsed raises on the assessments of the St. Johns A. CM. I.,Patterson Bros, and his own assessment. The Mdse. of the A.C. M, I. was given a lo insteadof 2o raise alopg with rest ofthe merchandise of the county.The proposed added assessmentof 1 Windmill $5o to Joy B. Patterson was ordered cancelled.The proposed raise of 21 head ofrange cattle to Patterson Bros,was finally ordered placed at sixhead' making their assessmentstand at 6o range cattle $156o.The other proposed raises on thesethree parties stood as proposed.Fred W Nelson appeared beforethe board in behalf of the SantaFe Pacific R. R. Co. in the matterof the proposed increase in thevaluation per acre of their R. R.Grant Lands. He presented thefollowing "PETITION & PROTEST" which was ordered sprerdupon the minutes of this meeting;the protest is as follows, to-wit:Honorable Board of SupervisorsApache County, Arizona, Sitting as a Board of Equalization.Gentlemen :Comes now the Santa Fe Pacific R. R. Co., a Corporation, andrespectfully submits to your Honorable-Boardfor consideration atyour July 1917 meeting its protestagainst the order of your Honorable Board made at its June1917 meeting, increasing the assessed valuation of 659,714.91acres of Grant Lands of Sapta FePacific R. R. Co. in Apache county by 5c. per acre, or a total increase of $32,985.57, being an increase from 659,714.91 acres assessed by the County Assessor at7oc. per acre, or $461,8oo.43, to$494,786.oo as appears from theassessment roll of your county,and respectfully petition yourHonorable Board to correct andequalize by reducing the assessment of such grant lands to anaverage valuation of not to exceed 45c. per acre.This protest and'petition is marieand based upon the grounds thatany assessment made of the landsof the Santa Fe Pacific R. R. Cc.which exceeds an average valuation of 45c. per acre is unjust andexcessive and does not representthe true value of said lands, theprotestant asks that this noticebe spread upon the minutes ofyour Honorable Board.SANTA FK PACIFIC R- R. COBy Q, E, JEWETT,Tax Agent.In the matter of the above petition and protest the Board ofEqualization did not see fit withthe information then possessedby it to make any reduction inin the proposed increase of thevaluation of the R. R. GrantLands in Apache county, as theirland is but assessed on a par withthe other tracts of R. R. land inthe county. Therefore the proposed raise to a valuation of 75c.per acre was ordered to stand.All other raises and added assessments made at the June meeting ofthe board of equalization,notnoLed herein, were orderedplaced on the roll as proposed atthat meeting.Upon motion and by unanimousvote the Board stood adjourned.Signed: HeberJarvis,Attest . Chairman,Levi S. Udall, Clerk.The next State Teachers examination will be held on the firstMonday and Tuesday in August.J. W. Brown,County School Superintendent6-28-7.1Cause of Despondency.Despondency is often caused 1indigestion and constipation, ar. ;quickly disappears when Chan -berlain'sTablets are taken. Therablets strengthen th digestie .and move the bowels. Ad